>> i think the assad regime cannot rule over the entire country much longer. the regime can pull back, stay in damascus, whether he does that voluntarily or not, who knows. or go to the syrian coast, another option. try and tough it out there, oh try and go into exile somewhere where someone will take them. again, that's not clear. all are bad for the regime and we're looking at a syria not ruled by the assad regime in over four decades. how he'll go or how the regime will pull back or retract is hard to assume, but it's coming soon. >> you're talking about a death toll well over 40,000. does the united nations have an obligation to intervene? >> i think that the united nations and a lot of other countries would have an obligation to intervene, you know. the united states has put down a red line for chemical weapons. the united nations has tried to come up with a solution, but the problem is that politically the united states and russia are still -- still apart on this issue, and we don't have the security council resolution, and in one of the key issues, does